Loving the reef!

March 19th 2011
We’d come back to Cairns with one thing in mind – to get ourselves out to the Great Barrier Reef! We thought it would be a crime to come to Australia and not visit the reef. To be honest before we came we didn’t actually know that much about it other than just what it was – but when you are here you can’t escape the tours being advertised to take you out. Our original plans were to do ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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Paul and Tina

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With the taste of visiting India still fresh in our minds and knowing that the rest of the world was out there to be explored – we decided to quit the 9-5 routine and buy a ‘round the world ticket’ since time doesn’t stand still for anyone!! We’re writing this blog so our family and friends back home can be kept updated with our adventures! We plan to travel South East Asia for 3 and a half months (hopefully covering Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia and Singapore), then onto Australia for almost 6 months, New Zealand for 2 months and finally America for 6 weeks!!... full info

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